Student Engineers Learn the Value of Decentralized Wastewater Treatment

University of Iowa classmates help coordinate massive onsite system upgrade plan surrounding a lake threatened by the breach of a dam.

Student Engineers Learn the Value of Decentralized Wastewater Treatment

Kelly Wolner, left, and Jason Ruffatti, right, of the University of Iowa are interviewed about their role in wastewater system repairs at Lake Delhi. The story of how engineering students helped analyze options for lake property owners received wide coverage.

When the dam failed at Lake Delhi in northeastern Iowa in 2010, the state agreed to help Delaware County and local property owners pay for a new one, but the state placed a condition on its aid: All onsite systems at the longtime lake community had to be working properly. With...

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